Kijiji Chat
A global majority arts publication documenting artists, ideas, and culture across the diaspora.
amon focus of nysaid
MPS Digital Photography presents a talk with Amon Focus, the founder and driving creative force behind New York Said. Focus is a documentary photographer, culture journalist, and producer with an unwavering mission: to document and preserve the messages hidden in plain sight, not only within the five boroughs but also globally.
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Colour, Memory, and the Universal Body
One painting that carries this idea deeply is “Shadow of ’77,” a large work measuring 89 by 99 centimeters. The piece was inspired by Lasisi’s discovery that many people around him knew little about Festac ’77, the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture held in Lagos in 1977. The event brought together artists and cultural leaders from across the African continent and the diaspora—one of the largest gatherings of Black culture in history.
Compression in Nigerian Adolescence and Early Youth
There are places in the world where the weight of expectation settles on a young person early, the way dust settles quietly on a windowsill. It gathers without announcement, building slowly until it becomes part of the room itself. In the work of Nigerian painter Akinboye Akinola Peter, that quiet accumulation of pressure becomes visible. say.